Emily Bellino

Hillsborough County, Florida is recognizing legendary recording studio Morrisound for its contributions to extreme metal.

Long-running Austin doom purveyors Destroyer of Light embrace their ’90s rock influences on their final album, Degradation Years.

One man black/death metal Altar of Gore gets primitive on new song.

Portland sludge duo Semuta party with the Portland metal scene in their new video.

Hope you brought you appetite: it’s time for the debut album from Ohio death metal butchers Mutilation Barbecue.

Former Isis guitarist Mike Gallagher explores post-rock and more on the new MGR album.

Stream Deprecipice, the new album from UK sludge/metallic hardcore band Mastiff and read a lengthy interview with guitarist and vocalist James Lee Ross.

Black metal outfits Wormwitch and Sadistic Ritual combine forces on a new split.

Death metal? In my swamp?

Andorran melodic death metal band Persefone discuss their latest release.

Listen to a new song from Amblare, featuring the final recording of late Hum drummer Bryan St. Pere.

Heavy metal, hard rock and first-wave black metal collide on Armagh‘s new album, Exclamation Point.

Swampbeast announce their new album and stream its first single, “Valley of Defilement.”

Exhumed frontman Matt Harvey discusses the inspirations and recording process behind his new ambient album, Toward the Cold Light.

Mutilated by Zombies worship at the altar of gore, groove and brutality on their new album.

Polish metal collective Shadohm, featuring members of Batushka, Decapitated and Antigama, debut their first album.

Indiana power-thrashers Idol Throne debut the first single off of their second album.

Iberian funeral doom outfit Blazar stream their debut album, Fatal Cosmic Wound.

Watch Salt Lake City Iota trio get trippy in new music video.

Dig into heavy covers of post-punk and new wave classics with Wax Donut Records’ newest release.

Hear the new album from Guiltless, featuring members of Intronaut and A Storm of Light.

A pirate’s riff is the riff for me.

Revisiting the now-defunct Ferret Music label.

Tankcrimes owner Scotty Heath discusses how the Brainsqueeze Tour — which starts TOMORROW and features Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Necrot and Dead Heat — came to be.

Oak, Ash & Thorn soar to new heights with “Auras.”

Death metal quartet Aberration go dark and strange places on “Interstitial Enmity.”

Get the scoop on 206 Blast Fest before it goes down this weekend.

“Spoiler” alert: This new Kinghorn song is heavy as hell.

Shock Withdrawal (Maruta, Turbid North, Noisear) deliver two minutes of grindcore fury on “Built to Suffer.”

Philly scumbag kings Eat the Turnbuckle discuss their final show, hardcore wrestling and what it’s like to bleed for a living.